Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp explained his decision to drop Naby Keita to the bench for today's clash at Leicester City.

Klopp insisted there was a reason behind his decision to leave out Keita.

On Jordan Henderson's recall, Klopp said: "I thought it made sense for the game today.

"We have to [be], if you want, rock solid, in all departments because Leicester is a good football-playing side, so we need to defend very well, to be really compact and all different things so it helps when the boys are used to this.

"This midfield played pretty much the last third of the last season unchanged, so that's the reason.

"On the other hand, it's about being fresh and all that stuff."